Contact Sheet
This shoot was as a response to John Baldessari and the way in which he tries to make his art fun and “not boring”. As a class we were set a variety of photography games resulting in a fun activity which then led to some interesting photos. The first game was ‘photography boxing’ where the allocated model has to try and dodge the camera and the cameraman has to try and photograph them whilst they’re dodging. The second game was a simple one where your partner through a ball and you had to try and photograph it in mid air. Following on from this, we then had to try and capture a line of three tennis balls in the air inspired by a shoot that Baldessari had completed.
My Edits
I like the abstract nature of the images with the balls and the obscure nature that they create. Although tennis balls and bouncy balls are not that uncommon, it is rather uncommon for them to be photographed in isolation. Thus creating a new but interesting subject matter for the audience. I was much more satisfied with how the ‘dodging’ game resulted in unique portraits than the ball ones. When editing, i chose to put all of the images in black and white as I believe it was somewhat distracting. Also, with the white wall, this effect complimented it. It is often hard to get a model to pose for you within a portrait shoot, however this game made it significantly easier to achieve successful portraits in my opinion. This is because there is no awkwardness within the model as they were more focused on the dodging than posing for the camera.